> From: Stefano Mazzocchi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sylvain Wallez wrote: > > > > Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > > > > >Sylvain Wallez wrote: > > > <snip/> > > >>Carsten, why is the full Apache license needed in each source file ? Did > > >>I miss something about this ? > > >> > > >Because otherwise our code is not legally protected from the current > > >Apache license. > > > > > >>This makes the mouse wheel roll and roll to go down to the code ;) > > >> > > >We are fully aware of this, the Apache Licensing Committee has been > > >working on an Apache License 2.0 which takes care of this and you can > > >simply place a placeholder instead of the full text (just like the GPL, > > >for example) > > > > > >But legal stuff is *way* slower than code around the ASF :) > > > > > DOM4J has an interesting solution : the full license (Apache-like) is > > placed at the bottom of each source file and at the top there's a simple > > header with a copyright notice and a "See the bottom of this file for > > the licence". > > Uh, clever.
There is a drawback though: Files won't be shorter if in addition to header, you also have footer! :) Vadim > > I'd be +0 on this if you want my vote. > > > -- > Stefano Mazzocchi One must still have chaos in oneself to be > able to give birth to a dancing star. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Friedrich Nietzsche > -------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
